The All-Time One-Day Draft

My next pick

Arjuna Ranatunga

  1. :eng: :bat: Graham Gooch
  2. :aus: :wk: Adam Gilchrist
  3. :aus: :bat: Ricky Ponting
  4. :pak: :bat: Mohammad Yousuf
  5. :ire: :bat: Ed Joyce :redo:
  6. :sri: :bat: Arjuna Ranatunga
  7. :eng: :ar: Ian Botham
  8. :zim: :ar: Heath Streak
  9. :ind: :bwl: Anil Kumble
  10. :saf: :bwl: Makhaya Ntini
  11. :wi: :bwl: Courtney Walsh
@qpeedore you are next
 
EDIT: Initially picked Harbhajan but then I saw he recently got picked. No worries. I don't think anyone took Ravi Ashwin yet. He'll complete my team.


1. :aus: :bat: Matthew Hayden
2. :hkg: :arwk: Anshuman Rath
3. :sri: :wkb: Kumar Sangakkara
4. :wi: :bat: Everton Weekes :slvo:
5. :wi: :ar: Viv Richards
6. :ire: :ar: Kevin O'Brien
7. :pak: :ar: Shahid Afridi
8. :ind: :bwl: Ravichandran Ashwin
9. :wi: :bwl: Andy Roberts
10. :usa: :bwl: Ali Khan
11. :wi: :bwl: Colin Croft

Overall I'd say that I really like this team. Hitters right down to 8, and then the quicks will do their own share of hitting with ball in hand. Enough spin options to keep it interesting, with Viv able to contribute a few overs if needed. O'Brien as cover in case one of the three out and out quicks are having a bad day. Leggie in Afridi and offie in Ashwin as the two main spinners though. A very flexible lineup where you can promote pretty much anyone depending on the match situation. Yeah, I do like this team.

It's @Neptune next but tags don't work in edits so if anyone can tag him officially please do.
 
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Was looking for a spin ar, but am happy to end with Chris Cairns. Was a seriously good ODI cricketer, and helps AB de Villiers with his finisher role

Neptune's XI
1. :aus: :bat: Mark Waugh
2. :nzf: :bat: Glenn Turner
3. :wi: :bat: Brian Lara
4. :eng: :bat: Kevin Pietersen
5. :saf: :wkb: AB de Villiers
6. :nzf: :ar: Chris Cairns
7. :saf: :ar: Clive Rice
8. :usa: :ar: Bart King :redo: :slvo:
9. :aus: :bwl: Shane Warne
10. :aus: :bwl: Nathan Bracken
11. :eng: :bwl: Bob Willis

@Aislabie
 
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:ned: :wk: Jeroen Smits

ODI stats - 169 runs @ 16.90 (SR: 46.94, best 29*) and 48 dismissals (41 ct, 7 st) in 38 matches
List A stats - 256 runs @ 12.80 (SR: n/a, best 29*) and 95 dismissals (81 ct, 14 st) in 68 matches

Jeroen Smits was not a batsman. In the modern era of batsman-keepers having replaced keeper-batsmen that is beyond a rarity, but so valuable were both his leadership and his glovework that his place in the side was absolutely never questioned. Imagine going through an entire representative career without ever bowling a ball, and also without ever scoring 30 with the bat. Now imagine that despite that, you are the first name on the team sheet - often at number eleven and often with a little (capt) next to your name. Despite the meagre returns, Smits worked hard on his batting: at the start of his one-day international career he used to bat below Adeel Raja; by the end of it, he batted above Edgar Schiferli and Pieter Seelaar.

Smits' career was bookended by two famous defeats of England, 20 years apart: in 1989, a teenaged Smits was 12th man when a hungover England team narrowly lost to the Dutch by just three runs; in 2009, a grizzled Smits looked on, next in to bat, as his strong team chased down a full-strength England's 162 on merit. A truly outstanding player, he will be my keeper and a captaincy candidate.

Aislabie's XI so far
1. :aus: :bat: Aaron Finch (top-order hitter)
2. :saf: :ar: Eddie Barlow (anchor accumulator, attacking seam bowler)
3. :eng: :bat: Graeme Hick :redo: (top-order hitter, part-time spin bowler)
4. :saf: :bat: Graeme Pollock (top-order hitter)
5. :aus: :ar: Darren Lehmann (dynamic accumulator, stock spin bowler)
6. :aus: :ar: Andrew Symonds (middle-order hitter, stock bowler)
7. :saf: :ar: Mike Procter (death bowler, middle-order hitter)
8. :wi: :ar: Keith Boyce (attacking seam bowler, lower-order hitter)
9. :aus: :bwl: Mitchell Johnson (express pace bowler, lower-order hitter)
10. :eng: :bwl: Sydney Barnes :slvo: (attacking spin bowler)
11. :ned: :wk: Jeroen Smits :redo: (wicket-keeper)

12th man - TBC

@sanchitgarg double pick
 
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Okay so the last 2 picks of mine would be Jasprit Bumrah and George Dockrell


1 :aus: :ar: Shane Watson
2 :saf: :bat: Herschelle Gibbs
3 :ind: :bat: Virat Kohli
4 :eng: / :ire: :bat: Eoin Morgan :redo: (captain)
5 :sri: :ar: Angelo Mathews
6 :eng: :wkb: Les Ames :slvo:
7 :ind: :ar: Ravindra Jadeja
8 :wi: :bwl: Malcolm Marshall
9 :aus: :bwl: Dennis Lilie
10 :ind: :bwl: Jasprit Bumrah
11 :saf: :bwl: Imran Tahir
12 :ire: :ar: George Dockrell :redo:
 

:aus: :bwl: Ben Laughlin

ODI stats - 4 wickets @ 54.75 (econ: 5.86, best 1/28) in 5 matches
List A stats - 69 wickets @ 25.86 (econ: 5.22, 2 5WI, best 6/23) in 39 matches

Seriously just do a YouTube search for "Ben Laughlin catch" and watch everything that comes up. I personally think he's the best fielding athlete I've ever seen, and as my 12th man it doesn't matter about his batting or bowling (although his bowling was clever and deceptive enough to forge a highly successful Twenty20 career), just his fielding. And really; what a fielder.

Aislabie's XI so far
1. :aus: :bat: Aaron Finch (top-order hitter)
2. :saf: :ar: Eddie Barlow (anchor accumulator, attacking seam bowler)
3. :eng: :bat: Graeme Hick :redo: (top-order hitter, part-time spin bowler)
4. :saf: :bat: Graeme Pollock (top-order hitter)
5. :aus: :ar: Darren Lehmann (dynamic accumulator, stock spin bowler)
6. :aus: :ar: Andrew Symonds (middle-order hitter, stock bowler)
7. :saf: :ar: Mike Procter (death bowler, middle-order hitter)
8. :wi: :ar: Keith Boyce (attacking seam bowler, lower-order hitter)
9. :aus: :bwl: Mitchell Johnson (express pace bowler, lower-order hitter)
10. :eng: :bwl: Sydney Barnes :slvo: (attacking spin bowler)
11. :ned: :wk: Jeroen Smits :redo: (wicket-keeper)

12th man - :aus: Ben Laughlin

@Neptune
 
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Will take Gareth Delany for my 12th man. He's a good all round fielder, and has taken some very good catches

Neptune's XI
1. :aus: :bat: Mark Waugh
2. :nzf: :bat: Glenn Turner
3. :wi: :bat: Brian Lara
4. :eng: :bat: Kevin Pietersen
5. :saf: :wkb: AB de Villiers
6. :nzf: :ar: Chris Cairns
7. :saf: :ar: Clive Rice
8. :usa: :ar: Bart King :redo: :slvo:
9. :aus: :bwl: Shane Warne
10. :aus: :bwl: Nathan Bracken
11. :eng: :bwl: Bob Willis

12. :ire: :ar: Gareth Delany :redo:

@qpeedore
 
My final pick

Thomas Odoyo
  1. :eng: :bat: Graham Gooch
  2. :aus: :wk: Adam Gilchrist
  3. :aus: :bat: Ricky Ponting
  4. :pak: :bat: Mohammad Yousuf
  5. :ire: :bat: Ed Joyce :redo:
  6. :sri: :bat: Arjuna Ranatunga
  7. :eng: :ar: Ian Botham
  8. :zim: :ar: Heath Streak
  9. :ind: :bwl: Anil Kumble
  10. :saf: :bwl: Makhaya Ntini
  11. :wi: :bwl: Courtney Walsh
  12. :ken: :ar: Thomas Odoyo :redo:
That completes my team. Quite happy with how it turned out

@Ed Smith's Basement your go sir
 
Ah. I've been so excited for this pick. The illustrious 12th man. A man picked purely for his fielding ability and athleticism. A man with slip fielding skills better than Flintoff, better than Warne, better than even Mark Waugh. Then to top it off, he has a better celebration than Imran Tahir...


@Parth D
 
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